{"id":301432,"date":"2025-12-03T21:00:49","date_gmt":"2025-12-03T21:00:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/whats-behind-israels-announcement-on-opening-gazas-rafah-crossing-dw-news\/"},"modified":"2025-12-03T21:00:49","modified_gmt":"2025-12-03T21:00:49","slug":"whats-behind-israels-announcement-on-opening-gazas-rafah-crossing-dw-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/whats-behind-israels-announcement-on-opening-gazas-rafah-crossing-dw-news\/","title":{"rendered":"What\u2019s behind Israel\u2019s announcement on opening Gaza&#8217;s Rafah crossing? | DW News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i3.ytimg.com\/vi\/rRyXzXdsuh0\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"What\u2019s behind Israel\u2019s announcement on opening Gaza's Rafah crossing? | DW News\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/rRyXzXdsuh0\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>Israel says it will reopen Gaza\u2019s Rafah border crossing with Egypt in the next few days allowing Palestinians to leave the enclave.<br \/>\nThe Israeli military says it will allow people to cross into Egypt, but it won\u2019t allow aid deliveries or Palestinian residents to enter Gaza. Egypt, however, says it hasn\u2019t yet agreed to open its side of the crossing, and would only do so if people and aid were allowed to travel in both directions, as agreed in the US-brokered ceasefire between Hamas and Israel. <\/p>\n<p>00:00 Confusion surrounding Gaza&#8217;s Rafah crossing<br \/>\n00:46 Journalist Karim El-Gawhary talks to DW from Cairo<\/p>\n<p>For more news go to: http:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/<\/p>\n<p>Follow DW on social media:<br \/>\n\u25baInstagram: https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/dwnews<br \/>\n\u25baTikTok: https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@dwnews<br \/>\n\u25baFacebook: https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/deutschewellenews\/<br \/>\n\u25baTwitter: https:\/\/twitter.com\/dwnews<\/p>\n<p>F\u00fcr Videos in deutscher Sprache besuchen Sie: https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/dwdeutsch<\/p>\n<p>Subscribe: https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/deutschewelleenglish?sub_confirmation=1<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Israel says it will reopen Gaza\u2019s Rafah border crossing with Egypt in the next few days allowing Palestinians to leave the enclave. 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